Join bestselling author, technology pioneer, and curator of TED Chris Anderson to unpack the urgent and world-changing potential of one of humankind’s most overlooked impulses.

As head of TED, Chris has had a ringside view of the world’s most significant thinkers across every imaginable discipline. Yet a single theme stood out to him as the essential connecting thread: infectious generosity.

It may seem simple, but generosity has played a key role in building the tools, knowledge and institutions that have allowed civilisation to flourish. Now, in our unsettled modern word, beset by disruption and division, Chris believes our collective future depends on this vital human trait.

In his latest book, INFECTIOUS GENEROSITY: The Ultimate Idea Worth Spreading, Chris demonstrates how the same technologies that have been a catalyst for negative energy can be turned into an exponential force for good – to create chain reactions of generous behaviour. The potential lies in every one of us, right now.

Blending cutting-edge psychological research with a wealth of inspiring stories – Chris shares his playbook for how to embark on our own generous acts, whether giving gifts of money, time, talent, connection or kindness, and how to do so in a way that will create ripple effects.

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After a career in journalism and publishing, Chris Anderson became the curator of the TED Conference in 2001 and has developed it as a global platform for identifying and disseminating ideas worth spreading. His TED mantra – ‘ideas worth spreading’ – continues to blossom on an international scale, with more than one billion TED Talks viewed annually. He lives in New York City and London.